Consciousness II
The antipodes Of the mind November 7, 2002 DOI: 10.1093/oso/9780199252923.003.0017 (opens in new tab)
Study at a glance
AI-extracted from the abstract| Characteristics | Theoretical or philosophical paper Peer reviewed |
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| Key points | Argues that prophetic inspiration arises from imaginative perception of the infinite and the conviction that honest indignation is divine, rather than from literal sensory experience of God. |
Abstract
Abstract The prophets Isaiah and Ezekiel dined with me, and I asked them how they dared so roundly to assert that God spoke to them; and whether they did not think at the time that they would be misunderstood, and so be the cause of imposition. Isaiah answer’d: ‘I saw no God, nor heard any, in a finite organical perception; but my sense discoverd the infinite in everything, and as I was then persuaded and remained confirm’d, that the voice of honest indignation is the voice of God, I cared not for consequences, but wrote.’